108 people were killed and several injured in attacks on Gaza by Israel on Friday amidst the concluding of US President Donald Trump’s visit to West Asia. The officers provided this information.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said that 27 women and 31 children were killed and hundreds of others were injured in Friday’s air strikes.
Israel also attacked two ports in Yemen on Friday, which he said that the Huti rebel groups were using them for arms transactions.
Attacks were carried out in the outskirts of Dir al-Bal and in the city of Khan Unis from Thursday morning to Friday morning. Gaza’s Health Ministry said that hundreds of people have also been injured. Trump’s visit to Gulf countries ended on Friday. However, Trump did not visit Israel on the occasion. People hoped that Trump’s visit could open the way of ceasefire or human aid. Israel’s blockade in Gaza is now the third month.
Speaking to reporters on a business stage in Abu Dhabi on the last day of his visit, Trump said that he was trying to solve many global problems including Gaza. He said, “We are monitoring the situation of Gaza.”
Israel said on Friday that it continued his campaign against terrorists in Gaza and on the previous day he attacked 150 locations.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said that the attacks continued till Friday morning and people had to flee Jabalia refugee camp and Bet Lahia city. According to the Ministry of Health, more than 130 people were killed in previous attacks.
There is no immediate information about the casualties after the attacks in Yemen. Huti’s satellite channel Al-Masira admitted the attacks, but did not give any other details.
The Israeli army stated that it stopped several missiles fired from Yemen to Israeli airspace during Trump’s visit.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already said that he will intensify the attacks in Gaza to meet his goal of ending Hamas.
Netanyahu said in a statement released on Tuesday that his forces will enter Gaza with full force in a few days and “will complete the mission, which means the destruction of Hamas.”
It is not clear whether Friday’s attacks are the beginning of this campaign or not.
Israeli government spokesperson David Mainner told the ‘Associated Press’ on Friday that the Israeli army was intensifying its campaign. He said that Israel has accelerated the campaign ever since Hamas has stopped releasing the hostages. He said, “Our aim is to bring them (hostages) back and remove Hamas from power.” He said that Israel will continue to pressurize Hamas during the conversation and said that the results are getting.
The war between Israel and Gaza began on 7 October 2023, when terrorists led by Hamas infiltrated southern Israel and killed 1,200 people.
In response to this, Israel took extensive military action, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, so far more than 53,000 Palestinians have been killed. These include a large number of women and children. Of these, around 3,000 died on March 18 after a ceasefire broke.
Hamas has still held 58 out of about 250 people held hostage during the attack on Israel on October 7. Of these 23 are still expected to be alive.